Supporting Communities
Improving health through food security in NC
In North Carolina, 11% of households suffer from food insecurity. See how the Inter-faith Food Shuttle program is helping feed families and individuals in NC communities and nourish their physical and mental health.
Supporting Communities
Building bilingual behavioral health care in NC
North Carolina’s Hispanic youth face unique challenges when it comes to their mental health. By providing culturally sensitive, bilingual mental health services, El Futuro is giving them and their families a space to be heard, to find support, and to learn how to advocate for themselves.
Supporting Communities
Breaking the barriers to behavioral health access
We’ve partnered with the North Carolina Association of Free and Charitable Clinics to provide more mental health services in rural areas for those who are uninsured or underinsured.
Supporting Communities
Investing in children and families in foster care
Supporting the health and well-being of all North Carolinians means showing up for our most vulnerable. Blue Cross NC has invested more than $4.3 million in partnerships, programs and initiatives to help children, youth and families served by the child welfare system.
Supporting Communities
Blue Cross NC Expands Relationship with NC Farm Bureau Insurance
Blue Cross NC is the exclusive health insurance partner for NC Farm Bureau Insurance. The partnership between the two NC-based, not-for-profit insurers expands needed health resources to help residents in all 100 counties.
Drivers of Health
From homeless and pregnant to helping others: A woman’s inspiring journey
Cassie is helping young women and pregnant teens experiencing homelessness become self-sufficient. Hear how her experience as a young mother is leading others to find stability before and after childbirth.
Drivers of Health
Paving the road to recovery from addiction in rural NC
Devin Lyall was a talented dancer who suffered from opioid addiction and lost everything. Hear how she’s using her experience with addiction and recovery to bring support, education, and compassion to mental health care in her Wilkes County community.
Health Care Equity
Preserving the Health of the Tribe
We’re working with tribal members like Darlene to address food insecurity and chronic illness through native crops. See how she’s connecting food security and nutrition to her heritage.
Supporting Communities
NC mom helps fellow foster parents care for vulnerable children
Gaile Osborne wanted better care for her kids. Now, she’s working with Blue Cross NC to identify opportunities to bring more specialized services to foster families in Buncombe County and beyond.
Strengthen NC
Maya Jackson is bringing holistic care to mothers of color. And it may just save their lives.
Meet Maya Jackson of MAAME, whose work is empowering Black, indigenous and other pregnant people of color to navigate health systems and access holistic maternal health and wellness services.